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laematocrya, n. plu., h&n'-ftt'tik' 

 ri-d (Gr. haima, blood ; kruos, 

 cold), applied by Owen to the 

 cold - blooded Vertebrates, viz. 

 the Fishes, Amphibia, and Rep- 

 tiles : haematocryal, a., hem' at- 

 ftk'ri-dl, cold blooded. 

 isematoidin, see 'hsematin.' 

 isematoma, n., hem'dt-om'a, 

 haematomata, n. plu., hem' at- 

 om' dt-d (Gr. haima, blood, haim- 

 dtos, of blood), a kind of tumour 

 formed from an effused blood 

 mass resulting from a hsemor- 



haematometra, n., hem'-dt-d-met'ra 

 (Gr. haima, blood, haimatos, of 

 blood ; metra, womb), an accum- 

 ulation of menstrual blood in the 

 uterus, which becomes thick, 

 black, and tarry, and often 

 causes great dilatation. 

 Saamatopinus, n., hem'dt-op'in'tis 

 (L. hcematopus, Gr. haimdtopous, 

 a blood foot from Gr. haima, 

 blood ; pous, a foot, podos, of a 

 foot), a genus of animal para- 

 sites: Haematopinus asini, as'-m-l 

 (L. asinus, an ass), the louse 

 of the ass, sometimes found on 

 the horse : H. eurysternus, ur'is- 

 tern'us (Gr. eurusternos, having 

 a broad breast from eurm, 

 broad ; sternon, the breast), the 

 louse of the ox : H. piliferus, 

 2ril-if f -er-us (L. pilus, hair ; f$ro, 

 I carry), the louse of the dog, 

 but not common, also found on 

 ferrets : H. stenopsis, stZn-dps'-is 

 (Gr. stenos, narrow; opsis, sight), 

 the louse of the goat : H. suis y 

 sii'-is (L. sus, a swine, stiis, of a 

 swine), the louse of the swine, 

 occurring on it in great num- 

 bers : H. vituli, mt'-ul-l (L. vitu- 

 lus, a calf), the louse of the 

 calf. 



haematotherma, n. plu., hem' a- 

 td'themmf-a, (Gr. haima, blood; 

 thermos, warm), the warm- 

 blooded Vertebrates, viz. Birds, 

 and Mammals : hsematothermal, 

 a., -therm' al, hot blooded. 



Haematoxylon, n., hem'-at-tiks'tl-tin 

 (Gr. haima, blood, haimdtos, of 

 blood; xulon, wood), a genus of 

 trees, Ord. Leguminosse, which 

 furnish dyes : Hsematoxylon 

 Campechianum, Mm -petsh'i- an' 

 tim (from Bay of Campeachy, 

 where largely obtained ; Sp. 

 campeche, logwood), the log- 

 wood tree, or Campeachy wood 

 of commerce, the inner wood of 

 which is used both as a dye and 

 an astringent: hsematoxylin, n., 

 hem'at-oks'il-in, the colouring 

 principle of logwood, chiefly used 

 for staining preparations for 

 microscopic purposes. 



hsematuria, n., hem'-at-ur^i-a (Gr. 

 haima, blood; ouron, urine), a 

 discharge of urine containing 

 blood. 



haemin, n., hem'm, also called 

 ' hydrochlorate of hsematin ' (Gr. 

 haima, blood), a crystalline deriv- 

 ative from haemoglobin, which 

 forms a most delicate medico-legal 

 test of the presence of blood. 



Haemodoracese, n. plu., hem'o- 

 dor-a'-se-e (Gr. haima, blood; 

 doron, a gift), the Blood-root 

 family, an Order of plants, so 

 called from the red colour of their 

 roots, used for dyeing: Haemo- 

 dorum, n., hem'd-ddr'um, a 

 genus of ornamental plants. 



haemoglobin, n. , hem'd-glob'm 

 (Gr. haima, blood; L. globus, a 

 ball), a red colouring matter 

 which infiltrates the stroma of 

 the blood corpuscles, and which 

 may be decomposed into an 

 albuminous substance called 

 * globulin, ' and a colouring matter 

 called ' hsematin ' ; also haemat- 

 oglobulin, n., hem'dt-d-glob'ul- 

 m. 



haemoptysis, n., hem-tip'-tis-is (Gr. 

 haima, blood; ptuo, I spit), a 

 coughing up or expectoration of 

 blood. 



haemorrhage, n., hem'-Sr-rddj (Gr. 

 haimorrhagia, a flowing of blood 

 from haima, blood ; rhegnumi, 



